The Philadelphia Eagles aren't the only franchise to never win a Super Bowl
by EAGLE_MAN71 on Jan 29, 2009 2:29 AM EST
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Philadelphia isn't the only city without a Super Bowl.
Here's a list of franchises (as of 2008) to never win the coveted Lombardi trophy.
Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals and the Seattle Seahawks.
Prior to 1966 there was no Super Bowl.
In 1966 those league champions faced off for the World Championship, or the Super Bowl Championship. So while a number of the teams listed haven't won a Super Bowl, they were league champions prior to the Super Bowl era .Here are some of the NFL Champions , Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions,, Arizona/Chicago Cardinals. Here are some of AFL Champions ,Buffalo Bills, Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans, and San Diego Chargers. Most other teams are expansion teams after the Super Bowl began . And if you want to get technical the Cleveland Browns became the Baltimore Ravens in 1995 when Art Modell moved the team, in 2000 the Ravens won the Super Bowl. However, the current Browns have owned the rights to the previous Browns history since 1999 when they reemerged as an expansion team. So in essence, the Ravens are now more like the expansion team since 1996, and it's like the Browns just went on hiatus from 1996 to 1999.
Speaking of expansion teams the dallas cowboys joined the NFL as a 1960 expansion team.The eagles have won three NFL championship games Prior to 1966. The first two Eagles wins were back to back shutouts
| 1948 | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-0 | Chicago Cardinals |
| 1949 | Philadelphia Eagles (2) | 14-0 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 1960 | Philadelphia Eagles (3) | 17-13 | Green Bay Packers |
My point , the statement that always surfaces from cowboys fans how many superbowl rings do the Eagles actually have none technically.But they were winning NFL Championship games before the cowboys existed.
Some sports fans seem to vacillate between acknowledging and not acknowledging that the NFL did indeed exist prior to 1966. Even during the Eagles-Cards game the commentators said something to the effect of "the Eagles long post-season heartbreak continues" and then in nearly the same breath said "this will be the first time in 61 years that the Cardinals franchise has made it to the NFL championship game." Well, which is it? Because if the Eagles had made it to the Super Bowl, it would have been their third appearance since 1980 and their sixth appearance in the championship game overall.
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I always use this as my defender when a Cowboys or Giants fan talks about there Superbowl victories … We are the only team to beat Vince Lombardi in the championship game (playoff game) ever. Which is also why I tell everyone the curse of Billy Penn wasn’t shit compared to the curse of Vince Lombardi.
"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"
by Whodie126 on Jan 29, 2009 9:36 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
The curse of Vince Lombardi…I never knew about that…I’ll have to bring it up the next time I get in an argument. Why Isn’t the media all over this like they were with the Red Sox?
by Clyde Simmons on Jan 29, 2009 10:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The 1960 Philadelphia Eagles
Without question, the lifeblood of Philadelphia sports is The Philadelphia Eagles. In this decade, the Eagles were named the most marketable franchise in all the NFL. Yet, they are the only team in the NFC East (and one of the few teams in the NFL) that have not won a Super Bowl. 1960 – before the Super Bowl even existed – was a different story. Coached by Buck Shaw and led by Norm Van Brocklin and Chuck Bednarik, The Eagles became the first, and only team, to defeat the Vince Lombardi-era Green Bay Packers in the playoffs. The victory was at Franklin Field, now home to the University of Pennsylvania Quakers. Bednarik is famous for laying a hit on Giants running back Frank Gifford that knocked him out of professional football for a year and a half. Since the glory days of ‘60, The Birds have had yet duplicate any major success. Two Super Bowl appearances in 1980 and 2005 only produced bitter defeats, not to mention several failed playoff runs, and three consecutive blow-outs in the NFC Championship Game from 2002-2004.
If football had a church, Brian Dawkins would be my preacher !
by NorthPhillyKid on Jan 29, 2009 12:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you for posting this
i get a lot of shit from Patriot and giant and cowboy and one particular 49er fan who always say, o how many rings do u have, and they dont listen to the fact we have 3 NFL championships which happend b4 the super bowl era…thank you again for posting this
To me the Eagles are like that girlfriend that pisses u off, then u hate her, but the next morning you wake up and remember that thing u love so much about her
by XxBleedGreen5xX on Jan 29, 2009 10:29 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
While very true...
…I fear this post is only going to invite trolls who say shit like we’re living in the past, we haven’t won since 1960, etc. But I agree – we have three titles and should be proud of that!
by ajay on Jan 29, 2009 11:17 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
eh…cowboys fans haven’t won anything in quite some time either…including a playoff game
by eagleyosh on Jan 29, 2009 11:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't make me feel bettter
E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!
by Joe_D on Jan 29, 2009 12:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
i live in cleveland
and browns fans are always taunted by the steelers 5 (possibly 6 soon) rings..
but in the grand scheme of total championships its
Browns 7
Steelers 5
and those always say “oh well those don’t count” WTF? so if the NBA championship all of a sudden got a new name, then all the championships the celtics and lakers got wouldn’t count?
I think its all BS imho
by Manoovi on Jan 29, 2009 3:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
It kind of is.
The bottom line is that all our division rivals, and our in-state rival, have much more recent success, defined by championships, then the Eagles.
If our guys had been able to win just ONE on their many chances during the Reid era, then I think some of the trash talk would get shut up. Sure, Dallas and Washington would have more, but they’d be ancient history. (Whereas currently the Eagles’ championships are ancient history compared to Dallas, Washington, and NY’s. Ugh)
I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
by BrianS on Jan 29, 2009 4:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
In my lifetime
I agree that championships are championships, and we have won them. But I’d like to see a championship happen in my lifetime. Everyone in our division but us has won a championship in my lifetime.
Once, just once. That’s all I ask.
by MRPH on Jan 29, 2009 9:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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